A good week

It's been a good week. After a couple of rainy days, we have had beautiful weather and enjoyed being outside. More flowers in bloom.

I love how green everything is this time of year.

Traffic jam in our neighborhood, and the first we have seen since living here. Now that people can drive on certain days (odd/even plates corresponding to the day of the week), people drive around just because they can, or at least it seems that way! 

At the base of the hill of our neighborhood, there is street that is a couple of miles long, connecting two main roads. It typically does not have many cars on it, but now that people can drive, people go down to picnic, play, and race cars...we have seen car wrecks from afar multiple times...here is one.

Nathan did school outdoors with the boys one day and they really liked it!

On evening, this little girl decided she wanted to get into the bathtub with her brother, so she got right in. She is a busy little girl and we need to keep a good eye on her!

You turn around for a matter of seconds and she is climbing into or on something!

Our neighbor across the street is a great baker and we sometimes get to benefit from her over baking! This week it was donuts and english muffins, which was a treat for all of us.

Making swords, hats, shields, and bow and arrows out of tinfoil.

This sweet girl loves playing the piano with her brothers.

We decided to order masks, since they are now starting to require them inside many places. A lady in our neighborhood makes them with fun patterns.

The boys are ready for battle! They picked out an outer space mask and a royal crown mask (it's a Jordanian thing).

One evening while sitting in our porch room, we saw a bunch of cars getting stopped. The police were not in uniform and were stopping people that were driving out past curfew at 6pm. This was at about 6:15pm...and there were already a lot of cars pulled over - all the ones on the right side of the street. Benjamin and I decided to go to the roof to watch the show.

Enjoy Benjamin's commentary, haha! It ended up getting heated and they eventually let everyone go.

On a rainy day, we found our old cork collection and the boys made Jerash and a bunch of other things.

We usually take the boys out in the morning before school to ride bikes or walk, and out for a walk in the evening before curfew. This afternoon, the boys wanted to walk up to the park we usually play at to see if it was still there. It was there but roped off and they are hoping it opens up again soon.

Benjamin said the mosque by our house is beautiful and wanted to take a picture of it.

Nathan got out the water table this morning. She loves splashing water, being outside, and getting naked, so it was a big win for her!

Happy Friday!